Rough Draughts Back on Tap for NOLA Project

Now in its eighth year, Rough Draughts – The NOLA Project theatre company’s free playreading series – returns to The Broadside on Wednesday, August 27 at 7pm. 

Season 21 productions start in October, but The NOLA Project will open its proverbial doors this month with a never-before-heard script by Thomas Mullen and Maria Messias Mendes. 

“ONE NIGHT AT THE BLACKBIRD was inspired after NOLA Project’s Burns Night in January,” said Mullen. “That’s when I learned that Jacob Schoen and Son Funeral Home was offering their facilities to make better use of their chapels, which are of course, stages. And so I conceived of a clandestine nightclub within the walls of the funeral home, featuring deceased legends of the New Orleans music scene.” 

​The reading will feature The NOLA Project ensemble members James Bartelle and Matthew Thompson as well as local actors KC, Aria Jackson, Jessica Mixon and Ja’Quan Monroe-Henderson. 
Since 2017, The NOLA Project’s mission with Rough Draughts has been to help aspiring actors and playwrights become more involved with the New Orleans theatre community while exposing its already adventurous audience to new and unique plays that entertain and engage. For more information on Rough Draughts, including submission instructions, visit NOLAProject.com.